A is for Appetizer....

So I forgot to mention about some other Finnish things we learned while having dinner at Juhana's the other night. It's really funny actually.

So we're all sitting in the living room relaxing and chatting and we're asked if we'd like an appetizer. Tim and I both said nah - we're fine thanks. "We'll wait until supper time."
They looked at us like we were a little strange but didn't say anything.
Then a couple minutes later - they asked again if we'd like an appetizer - and we're like nah - it's okay. We're not hungry - we can wait until supper's ready.

Well - joke was on us! In Finland (and possibly all of Europe?), an appetizer is an alcoholic beverage. NOT a snack prior to supper.
"Antipasto" or "Starters" is the normal terms they use for a snack before supper...you know stuff like- garlic fingers, onion rings, fried pepperoni etc.

Another hilarious thing we learned...while Tim was with Juhana checking out the cool storage space (I'm sure it was "cool" in a literal sense but I mean physically it's cold) in the basement floor - his wife asks me a serious question.
"What does it mean, 'You lucky puppy'"? I said "Oh it's just saying that you're a lucky person...like you lucky dog...or whatever."
She smiled and told me that in Finnish they have a similar term: "You lucky Peter."

So there ya have it.